WEDNESDAY'S ROUNDUP: West-Mont girls fall in TCL opener

NORTH COVENTRY — West-Mont Christian Academy lost its season and Tri-County League opener Wednesday, falling to Delaware Valley Friends by a 40-34 count.

The Wings were led by freshmen Julia Miller (12 points) and Christy Chen (eight), with juniors Kylie Stimson and Jocelyn Halliley each contributing six. The locals rallied from an 18-12 halftime deficit to tie the game at 30, only to see Del-Val run off six unanswered points down the stretch to gain control.

ACADEMICSCentennial Conference: A total of 29 Ursinus College student-athletes were named to the 2012 All-Centennial Fall All-Academic team this week by the conference office.

To be nominated for the conference’s Academic Honor Roll, a student must meet the following criteria: (1) participate in at least 50 percent of contests, matches or meets, or in the Conference varsity championship in swimming, indoor track & field or wrestling; (2) be a sophomore or higher in class standing; and (3) have a cumulative GPA of 3.40 or higher. Team members include:

SPORTSMANSHIPCentennial Conference: Seven Ursinus College student-athletes were named to the 2012 Centennial Conference Fall All-Sportsmanship team this by the conference office.

The team is selected by the coaches in the conference, who nominate players from their squads. Selected from Ursinus were:

Men’s cross country — Vincent Flood, freshman. Flood was also one of seven men to represent the Bears at NCAA regionals, finishing second among his team with a time of 29:26.20, aiding Ursinus’ 42nd place finish. The regional time was Flood’s third best on the season that included three sub-30 minute times. Flood finished 24th overall and third among Bears in the Misericordia event with his best time of the season, a 28:30.51. Flood was also third best on the team at DeSales, posting a time of 29:18.04.

Women’s cross country — Danielle Grimes, freshman. Grimes finished the season as one of six girls to run in the NCAA Regionals, placing third among the Bears who qualified. She showed steady improvement throughout the campaign, besting her first meet time by nearly three minutes later in the season. Her best efforts came in the DeSales Invitational and the Centennial Conference Championships, when she finished second on the team, registering times of 26:41.11 and 25:21.70, respectively. Her CC Championships time was her best of the season, placing her 77th in the event.

Field hockey — Jen Pappas, senior. Pappas was honored as a member of the Fall All-Sportsmanship Team. She was a starting defender in all 19 games for the Bears, who finished the season undefeated at home. Pappas also contributed to the Bears efforts to hold opponents to 2.7 goals per game.

Football — Billy Highland, senior. Highland, who played in nine games and started eight as an offensive tackle, also caught two passes for 26 yards. He protected quarterback Chris Curran, who was able to register Centennial Conference bests in 267.5 passing yards per game, 13.9 yards per completion and 25 touchdowns.

Men’s soccer — Garrett Shanker, senior. Shanker started all 17 games as a defender for the Bears.

Women’s soccer — Valerie Bedrock, sophomore. Bedrock started all 16 games as a forward/defender for the Bears. She totaled nine shots, including four of them on goal.